Telegram-herald., 1887-12-12
MICHIGAN MEN
wrsaE rrEY STOP At WASHINGTON
shsrs gsa say can a. Oar cssgssss-
1sa.-FrsDlasak niehissa Fisisexs .t
sas G4pitst-l. IA ssEon .sa ".
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WAsHfssros. Dec. l0--Ths Old karionsl
Hossl nzs snee sa0rs become the Congres-
sonal hssaqaaseers 0f Aienisan people.
Il snjsysd thls marked Distinction for many
pears. suf shsn AaysnrY sad Carisson AMI
Tarsney ssat % the Eboitt fss wears
ago the tids foll0.ed them buE the at
mosDhers there all nOt seem - Be con-
gsnIal - the aichigandeFs. HhO had bean
sccust0aoed for 80 many years % conxre-
gate a. the old rickety National 60,
krxsfuaily. thsy al moved back. and nov
al ths aem5srs sn0 are a. any hotel a.
a. sns a. the Asuon4L Iarsney, Chipman,
Brsssr. Alien. Ford and Burrows pas up
there shsu they nrst arrived. A lev have
nssed ancs into private houses. Dat the
National sill probably retain the oalk 0f
TIE Michigan visitors Ine staIement only
refers. hossver. 70 ths peoDls Interested,
particularly IN capital matters May OF
the Alchigsn men Who come here on var
ious politlcsl socisl and business errands
stop st othsr places.
Don n. BlcAiuson when he comes 70
Wasnin<t <t0n. which he has done very ire
qusntly 10 tns past fe. years. Always has Q
DaTlor a. the Arlington. fals Is ths best
h0tel Ia " ashlngtoD. it - the headquar-
ters of New York people star actors. dis
rinxuished foreign visitors aud prominent
hnxton. Tue members Of the Fisheries
Commission are al there, the kngiishmsn
having tniny-sescn r0Oms a. their disposal
and ths Americans hFe. Queen Victoria
sill probably Open her eyes wide with as
tonishment when she receives Landlord
ROesslss bill for the thirty seven rooms.
privately served meals and other extras tor
Der representatives. The Engllshmen made
40 contract beforehand, and IN sucn cases
-. -. = "a In
hand in very modest bills OF expense.
W. q. fhOmps0n. Of Detroit. and l. M
Mcst0p. who. 6y ths way, come 10 Wash
inxtOn much less frequently than they did
IN the days before The patronage was all
distributed aud the public building site
question settled. generally stop AZ John
Chamberlias. This . an elegant gentle
men's club house. and hotel. occupying the
houses Formerly lived in by the ate ternan-
10 " OOd, 0ovsrnor Swan, OF Maryland.
aud James q. blaine. Cazmbsrlin's place
q the hesdquartsrs for ali the good hyers
-hO come over mere from Eastern lities, and
also iOr the Washington "naen ABOUT town.
Chamb-riia himself IS the best known
sporting man la New YORK. He used TO
Keep the hnest gambling house Ia that
city. and tor many years vas a porter OF
the ate Mr.. Jsba MOrrisey, OF gambling.
prize dghting and Congressional tame. he
u .zid % bs one Of the best judges of good
vine and liquor in New York. and no man
has yet been found who can excel him IN
arranging or properly eating good dinner.
He has rooms for MS guests Ia his WASH
iaxsoa club house. and has beautiful sc-
cornmodations tor dinner parties which ara
served In the room which was formerly
Gov swans rare art gallery. Roscoe Conk-
ing. Id. Stokes. T.. Berry Wall. Jay Gould
and men Of that class are the ones who
most frequent Chamberlain and still
hessrs. Thompson and Weston generally
stop there and don't seem % md ths pace
loo fast for them.
]. tx. Chandler. OF Chicago and Hough-
ton. who has spent several years IN Wash
ington successfully opposing the forfeiture
Of the Ontonsxon 4 Brule River Railroad
land grant, always stops A. the kboitt
where bis corner rooms are the resort OF .
large number Of Jolly Wsshingtonians.
Chsndler has not yet arrived this season,
snd II 4. said that ne will not come, ss fate
? cannot De opposed forever. The forfeiture
bili viii undoubtedly pass this Winter. w.
h. Moran. Elicit Stevenson, Nat Stew
art OF Kalamazoo. Z. I. Van /ile and q few
Others also generally stop as the Eooitt-
Judge Montzomery, when Commissioner
OF Patents lived &c the EboitJ for a while.
then vent 10 the Portland fats He after
wards rented q very pleasant house for q
wear but did rot fancy housekeeping in
Washing so be went back 10 the Ebbitt
and remained there until he went to Mich
ixan on hss vacation last year. Now he and
Mrs.. MONTGOMERY are az the ST James,
opposite the National. on Pennsylvania
ave. but few rods from the Pennsylvania
railroad station.